The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-07-15

{ CeIHlHg D1-IuNS anu SpcCldl MEETINGS,
and must be followed, or election of
members is illegal.
The certificate of membership is
necessary to enable a member to
vote at the election for Engineers.
And no member can be legally
placed on the roll of membership
unless he receive certificate of
membership.
2. Section 332 of the Civil Code
provides that, "The Chief Engineer
and the two Assistant Engineers
shall be elected annually on the first
Monday in June by the certificate
members of the Fire Department.
And by section 80 those elections
shall be conducted in such manner
as the bylaws of the department
shall prescribe.
Article 2 of the constitution Of
the Honolulu Fire Department also
provides that at such meeting. "All
members of companies of this de-
partment and in good standing shall
be allowed to vote.
Article provides that the repre-
sentatives of the department shall
appoint one Judge and two clerks of
the annual election, and shall furnish
them with a correct roll of the mem
bers of each company who are en-
titled TO vote.
Article IL also provides for a
certificate of membership"
From the laws of the Kingdom
and the constitution and bylaws of
the department, and also of Hose
Company No. l, it is absolutely
necessary that member shall re-
ceive a certificate of membership"
before he can legally vote, and all
parties voting who do not hold such
certificate are illegal voters.
No roll of membership is correct
legally unless made up of 'certifi-
cate members only"
A member in good standing must
have certificate of membership.
AS to the roll of membership of
Hose Company No. |, it must only
contain such names as are signed to
the constitution and bylaws, and
have received a certificate of men,
bership Except, of course, expelled
or suspended members).
On presentation of this roll to the
Board of Representatives, they
ought to revise the same, and correct
it according to certificate members.
If candidates were proposed and
elected at supposed special meet
ing of Hose Company No. 1, with
out any notice of such meeting be-
ing given to regular members of
such company, then the meeting and
election is illegal, and such candi-
dates cannot legally be given GER
titicate of membership.
The only voters duly qualified to
vote at the general election in June
for engineers are certificate" men,
bers, and none others can cast q
legal vote. Yours respectfully,
w. AUSTIN WHITING.
The following recommendation
was then presented:
RECOMMENDATION.
For submission to h Honolulu
Fire Department at It, adjourned
meeting to be held this evening.
Having heard some Of the men,
bers argue to the effect that Section
1872 of the Civil Code providing only
for regular election of Engineers
to he held on the first Monday of
June, the department cannot legally
hold one at any other time, but
should wait until June of next year,
l desire, gentlemen, to appeal to
your good sense with the hope that
in your deliberation this evening,
you will discard party feeling and
impartially and with fairness act for
the common good of the constituents
for whom you serve.
If this argument is to be held
good, which / think it is not, you
may as well dispense with the regu-
lar election and at once perpetuate
the holding Of such offices by the
officers now holding the same. TO
hold that no election can be held at
any other time than the first Monday
of June is to presume that the oc-
currence on that day of contingent
cies is impossible, whereby the de-
partment may be rendered unable to
hold the same.
The omission by the Civil Code,
to provide against contingencies,
does not to my mind necessarily
prohibit the holding of an election
at some other time-on the contrary,
Section 1872 providing that the cleo
ton shall be held annually, implies
the right to provide against contin-
gences and to hold it within rea-
sonable time after the inability to
carry out the same within the statu-
tory time. The Constitution of the
department Cart. l9) seems how
ever to supply the omission.
The provisions upon the subject
are as follows:
Sec. 1892. The Chief Engineer
and the two Assistant Engineers
shall be elected annually, on the first
Monday of June, by the certificate
members of the Fire Department.
CiUH cote,
FROM THE DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTION.
Art. 2. The Chief Engineer and
one First Assistant Engineer and
one Second Assistant Engineer of
the Department shall be elected an